KJV dictionary & concordance
A meal, especially the principal meal of the day; a feast or entertainment.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Proverbs 15:17
Complete exact-word concordance
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Better is a dinner of herbes where loue is, then a stalled oxe, and hatred therewith.
1611 marginal noteChap. 17.1.
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Againe, hee sent foorth other seruants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Beholde, I haue prepared my dinner; my oxen, and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come vnto the marriage.
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
And when the Pharise saw it, he marueiled that he had not first washed before dinner.
¶ Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
¶ Then said hee also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsemen, nor thy rich neighbours, lest they also bid thee againe, and a recompence be made thee.
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Historical English dictionary sources
The principal meal of the day; an entertainment or feast.
